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The Impressions were an American music group originally formed in 1958. Their repertoire includes gospel, R&B, doo-wop, and soul. [1]The group was founded as the Roosters by Chattanooga, Tennessee natives Sam Gooden, Richard Brooks and Arthur Brooks, who moved to Chicago and added Jerry Butler and Curtis Mayfield to their line-up to become Jerry Butler & the Impressions.
Jerry Butler Jr. (December 8, 1939 – February 20, 2025) was an American soul singer-songwriter, producer, musician, and politician. [1] He was the original lead singer of the R&B vocal group the Impressions , who were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991.
The Best of the Impressions: 172 23 ABC: 1970 The Best Impressions: Curtis, Sam & Fred — 23 Curtom: 1971 16 Greatest Hits: 180 23 ABC 1973 Curtis Mayfield / His Early Years with the Impressions: 180 — 1977 The Vintage Years: 199 — Sire: 1989 Definitive Impressions — — Kent: 1997 The Very Best of the Impressions — — Rhino: 2001 ...
Jerry Butler in New York City in February 2003. Jerry Butler has died at the age of 85. ... In 1958, the group got a new manager and a new name: Jerry Butler & the Impressions.
Jerry Butler, who found R&B stardom in the late 1950s as the first lead singer of the Impressions before moving on to a solo career and a second life in Chicago politics, died Thursday. He was 85.
Jerry Butler, the original lead singer of the R&B and soul group The Impressions, has died. He was 85. The Mississippi-born musician started singing as a teenager in a Chicago church choir ...
"For Your Precious Love" is a song written by Arthur Brooks, Richard Brooks and Jerry Butler, [1] and performed by Jerry Butler and The Impressions in 1958. The song was ranked #335 on Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2010. [2]
Jerry Butler, the soul singer-songwriter and hit maker known as the Iceman, died Thursday at his home in Chicago. He was 85. His assistant confirmed his death to The New York Times, sharing that ...